Mexico at the Multiplex Mexico at the Multiplex
B. Ruby Rich reviews the films Amores Perros and Spy Kids.
Apr 26, 2001 / Books & the Arts / B. Ruby Rich
Will China Deign to Give Us Back Our Plane? Will China Deign to Give Us Back Our Plane?
(With apologies to Alan Jay Lerner) Will China deign to give us back our plane? We know they've got it. Will China deign to give us back our plane? For sure, they've got it. It goes against our grain To explain. It's a pain. And yet they still retain Our plane. Our plane! Will China deign to give us back our plane? Will China deign to give us back our plane? What more can they obtain That's germane from our plane? In vain do we complain. It's plain insane! Their government is truly inhumane, So should we bomb them into beef chow mein?
Apr 26, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Worst 100 Days The Worst 100 Days
It's back to the future with the George W. Bush who is leading the nation--in the hard-edged style of the recent fiasco in Florida.
Apr 26, 2001 / The Editors
Letters Letters
WHAT'S GERMAN FOR 'SWEATSHOP'? Marburg, Germany Since Jonah Peretti's "My Nike Media Adventure" [April 9] did not mention coverage in continental Europe, I w...
Apr 19, 2001 / Our Readers
Lie to the Media, Get a Job Lie to the Media, Get a Job
Perhaps I underestimate the joy of being given a silly nickname by the Leader of the Free World, but I'm having a hard time understanding why media big feet are so taken by the n...
Apr 19, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
Justice Scotched in Lockerbie Trial Justice Scotched in Lockerbie Trial
There's a famous passage in Lord Cockburn's Memorials of His Time where the great Scotch judge and leading Whig stigmatizes some of his Tory predecessors on the bench, including ...
Apr 19, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Bush Unites the Enviros Bush Unites the Enviros
In early April an alert was sent out by a longtime oceans activist worried that the Bush Administration was about to reverse a program to establish marine protected areas. A numbe...
Apr 19, 2001 / David Helvarg
Nation Notes Nation Notes
William Greider's article "The Last Farm Crisis" (November 20, 2000) has won a Harry Chapin Media Award, given by World Hunger Year.... Gregory Palast's investigation into the pur...
Apr 19, 2001 / The Editors
Bush’s Contra Buddies Bush’s Contra Buddies
The current President George Bush, whose very name evokes a dark era many would prefer to forget, seems determined to resurrect the ghosts of America's scandal-ridden past. A numb...
Apr 19, 2001 / Peter Kornbluh
No to Global Sweatshops No to Global Sweatshops
New York's City Council is about to open a promising new front in the global struggle against sweatshop exploitation--a city procurement ordinance that requires decent wages and f...
Apr 19, 2001 / William Greider